Resistance: A True Defiance, or Just an Emptied Buzzword?

Today, the word resistance is everywhere from bold prints on T-shirts, to social media captions, to hot topics in discussion forums. It sounds powerful, full of meaning, and charged with defiance. Yet often, it merely skims the surface. It becomes an empty slogan, stripped of identity, as if created just to appear meaningful. This raises a pressing question: Does resistance still hold significance, or has it become nothing more than an accessory?

That question echoes, sparking similar ones to arise. It stirs curiosity and calls for deeper reflection. Must resistance come with grand symbols? Must it roar through impassioned speeches? Must it carry the weight of epic heroism? If not, then what exactly is resistance?

“Resistance is something we’ve had since we were children, throughout our growth. But now, it feels like it’s been lost. We’re expected to conform to people, to situations, to the world around us. Yet within us, there’s a drive, a spark to fight back,” said Richard Natan, Program Director of Sewon Screening 11.

From this, a different understanding of resistance emerges. It does not always manifest through demonstrations or thunderous declarations. Sometimes, it comes quietly from within, from a flicker of courage in the heart. This quieter form is what the Sewon Screening 11 trailer conveys. There is no loud or aggressive resistance on display only personal reflection, and small acts of bravery that, when amplified, become a collective outcry.

This trailer is not merely a short visual piece to promote a film festival it is a statement, a declaration of a new understanding. It invites us to delve into the inner corners of our being, to a place where resistance is not just a slogan, but a form of self-preservation.

What we call “lost” is not necessarily dead. And the trailer reminds us: it can grow again, it can be reclaimed. It can flourish stronger, wider, more vibrant than before.

Resistance should no longer be an ornamental word, a hollow slogan. At its core, it has always lived within us from the moment we began to grow.